Marilyn Clulow is an artist working in textiles. The act of transforming scraps and skeins into objects of beauty and meaning has engaged Marilyn for decades, culminating in the richly layered, stitched and painted works on this site. Marilyn is interested in the meditative aspect of art – for the artist and the viewer – and much of her work reflects her ability to let immersion in a new technique take her to unforeseen places. Sometimes serious, often playful, Marilyn’s work ranges from self-portraiture to social commentary via a fierce sense of colour and a commitment to pure inventiveness.
Marilyn’s work has won awards in Montreal and Sudbury and hangs in private collections in Canada and the United States.
Born in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad, Marilyn studied nursing in England and has made her home in Sudbury since 1968. As a stay-at-home mother, she expressed her creativity through weaving (landscape-inspired wall-hangings), knitting, and dressmaking (for two wildly appreciative daughters), while pursuing a degree in Psychology at Laurentian University. She subsequently worked for many years in healthcare management.
Marilyn was introduced to quilting in the late 1990s and over the next decade mastered the art of traditional bed quilts and hangings. Feeling constrained by the limits of working to set patterns, she was drawn to the freedom of mixed media, which has become a consuming passion. Marilyn is self-taught and works and travels constantly to learn new techniques and develop new skills.
Marilyn Clulow 
